Again the cruising on the lake is certainly dominated by the mountains on either side. The shadows of light on the peaks are just beautiful and impossible to capture on camera. Nana enjoyed watching these two motor boats cruise north on NH’s cruise to Thompson’s Point. The Point Bay Marina is a small marina in the northern-most portion of Town Farm Bay. It’s was a little intimidating with sunken barges which act as breakwaters. There are lovely homes all along the waters edge with lots of sail boats on moorings. A quite evening here with dinner onboard. In the morning we met one of the locals - a lovely gentleman Ben who recommended that we visit Basin Harbor.
August 19th NH docks at Basin Harbor Resort which is in Vergennes VT. A very large family and events resort run by the Beach Family since 1886 with 700 acres,74 unique cottages, walking and biking trails, a small airstrip, pools, tennis, golf, boat rentals, a choice of four different places to eat and lots more.
This is a picture of the Lodge from the Boat Club.
As we had lunch at The Red Mill we watched the small aircraft take off and land. This particular one looks homemade and Nana is not too sure she would volunteer for a ride.
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is walking distance from the airstrip. A wonderful museum with many outdoor and indoor exhibitions.
This is Philadelphia11,the Museum’s 1991 replica of Benedict Arnold’s Gunboat Philadelphia, which sank during the Battle of Valcour Bay October 11, 1776. We learned a lot about clean water from a wonderful student which reinforced the importance of keeping our waterways clean and each of us playing our own part to make a difference.
Nana was very brave to challenge Nandad with the large chess set on the lawn! In the background you can see a small sample of some of the gardens.
Sunset from NH looking over at the NY side of the Lake.
August 20th Nana and Nandad dock at Bridgeview Marina NY which looks directly at the Samuel de Champlain Bridge in Port Henry. Another small marina with very friendly staff. The cafe is no longer in operation and it’s a long uphill walk downtown. We are well provisioned so have a wonderful pork tenderloin onboard. Tomorrow we will maybe stay at Chipman Marina which would be our last stop on the Lake before entering The Champlain Canal.
New Horizon on the dock. A very shaky and narrow dock!
New Horizon on the dock. A very shaky and narrow dock!
Nana watching the sun go down.
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